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Chapter I

In which We Discuss Bookstore Bathrooms, Discover
that Staff Picks Work, and Talk About... Books...

Y'all. Hot take here. Staff picks work! Emma had a
staff pick on All the Lives I Want and Holland
actually picked it up at Elliott Bay while visiting Seattle before
our episode! (Shout out to our episode with Amy Stephenson from
The Booksmith, who initially recommended it to us,
and to our favorite audiobook provider, Libro.fm.)

Chapter II [26:37]

In Which No One Tells Holland She's Crazy, People
Love Their Greeting Cards, The Drunk Booksellers Marvel at Novel
Neighbor's Ability to Handsell Events, and We Reiterate that
Bookstores are a Business (whaaaa?)